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As of August 1, 2025, three former Biden aides have invoked their Fifth Amendment rights during testimony before the House Oversight Committee in an investigation primarily focused on allegations of a cover-up related to former President Biden's mental health and potentially unauthorized executive actions.
The aides who have pleaded the Fifth are:
Dr. Kevin O'Connor: Biden's former White House physician.
Anthony Bernal: Former Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady.
Annie Tomasini: Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-associates-pleading-fifth-amendment-raises-red-flags-2099993Joe Biden's Associates Pleading Fifth Amendment Raises Red Flags
Three Biden associates have now invoked Fifth Amendment privilege during testimony before the House Oversight Committee, raising red flags for some amid a probe pertaining to concerns over former President Joe Biden's health.
Legal analysts, however, reiterated to Newsweek that taking the Fifth does not necessarily mean witnesses are guilty of any crime.
Why It Matters
On Friday, Annie Tomasini, a longtime former aide and deputy chief of staff to Biden, invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning, just days after Anthony Bernal, who served as an aide to Jill Biden, did the same. Joe Biden's former doctor, Kevin O'Connor, also invoked the Fifth Amendment during a hearing into the "investigation into the cover-up of President Joe Biden's mental decline and potentially unauthorized executive actions" last week.
The move raised eyebrows among conservatives, who have alleged Biden officials sought to cover up concerns over whether the former president was experiencing a mental decline while in office. The investigation also focuses on pardons allegedly signed by autopen, which have come under GOP scrutiny. (...)
Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, wrote on X, "If there's nothing to hide, why plead the Fifth? The American people deserve answers and we will get to the truth."
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